Steamship SIXAOLA partially capsized at Pier 9, Hoboken, NJ, February, 1919

gelatin silver print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation
USA, NJ, Hoboken
1919-02
paper
4-3/4 x 6-3/4 in.

Gelatin silver print in photograph album 2008.28.8 of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation salvage operations; handwritten upper left "6351", and on album page "S.S. 'SIXAOLA'/ SUNK PIER (9) HOBOKEN, N.J."; steamship SIXAOLA partially capsized at Pier 9, Hoboken, NJ, February, 1919; vessel caught fire while loading for next voyage, 2 lives lost; see also G.W. Blunt White Library Manuscripts Collection 1, Box 25, Folder 5; see accession file for reference to accident; see related photographs 2008.28.8.412-426, 461-470.

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